Issue 1 - January 2026
The first issue of the European Open Source Academy Magazine unpacks why open source might be vital for Europe's digital sovereignty, showcasing how open collaboration is securing Europe’s technological independence. It’s an essential read for anyone looking to understand the actors, projects, and companies that are leading open source build up and uptake within the continent’s growing open source ecosystem.
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Can open source be the catalyst for Europe’s Digital Sovereignty?
- Jutta Horstmann, Co-CEO of the Heinlein Group, Open source and the future of Europe’s digital sovereignty
- Gaël Lago,Director of Open Source Software Assurance at LINAGORA, Open source: the code is open, but dependence remains
- Kelly Roegies, Board of Advisors Member at Furt’her, Protocols: Europe's next sovereignty frontier
- Gaël Blondelle,Chief Membership Officer at Eclipse Foundation, The power of many: How open source foundations multiply their impact on CRA implementation through the Open Regulatory Compliance Working Group
From initiatives to individuals: open source champions amongst the European open source community
- Stéfane Fermigier, Founder and CEO of Abilian,An Architecture of Influence: The CNLL and the Industrial Maturation of France's Open Source Ecosystem
- Katharina Wagner, Communication Assistant at Murena, Gaël Duval on fighting for our right to digital freedom
- Lisa Gutermuth and Claire Pershan (Mozilla Foundation), The Twin Transition in open source: sustainably scaling open source projects for our climate targets
- Benjamin Bellamy, Business Development Manager for AI Solutions & Community Management at LINAGORA, Finding each other: discovery without walled gardens
Beyond the code: expanding open source capacities and its technologies
- Julieta Arancio, Board Member at the Open Science Hardware Foundation, A decade of open science hardware: embedding openness in Europe’s research ecosystem
- Lea Gimpel, Director of Policy and AI Lead at the Digital Public Goods Alliance, Embedding AI digital public goods into the digital sovereignty agenda
- Carina Tüllmann, CCO at Open Logistics Foundation, Open source and the power of diverse communities in modern logistics
- Liv Erickson, Senior Product Lead at Mozilla Data Collective, Solving the AI data drought with community curated data
- Martin Häuer, Scientific Head for open standards at Martin-Luther-Universitaet Halle-Wittenberg, Open standards for open source hardware and other high-cost-of-change domains: the missing framework